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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-04-01
Gain More Information.

In a recent New York paper
Bachelor writes: you remark in
your article. the summer resorts are
sprinkled with fair maidens, and they
are likely to be so sprinkled for years.
unless there is radical change in wo-
manhood He says that "any young
man with a moderate salary hesitates
to enter into marriage. because IS per
cent of the young women are not capa-
bic of becoming helpmates for such a
class of young men. This Bach
elor' has become soured by reason of
an unfortunate choice in female friends.
we fancy. Why is it? we in turn ask
such rs he, that, at these various sum-
mer resorts, it is the young ladies with
bangs, bustles, fIills. etc." are the
ones most sought after until young
women come TO feel that the more
dress they can put on the greater be-
comes their power to attract the oppo-
site sex? Because so many young wo-
men ut the various summer resorts lay
aside all care and wholly devote them
selves to recreation, is it best TO as
sumo that all do thisp or that in their
homes these same young women are
not domestic in their tastes?
Again, nine times in ten, if the truth
were told, it would be found that
the young woman who is styled SO
frivolous has, with her own dainty fin
gers, fashioned the garment which
seems to the uninitiated 50 extrava-
CANT. Young men will do well to gain
more information before making such
criticisms as these, Reform the girls
if you want more marriages. says the
crusty Bachelor. Mrs. Ellen Bliss
H00ker, in Good Honsekcepinq.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-04-01
The Typewritcr.

"The idea that the typewriter was in
vented by John Burt is popular err
Tor, said Col. Thomas S. Sprague yes
terday. IF you like / will give you
the story of the invention. When John
Burt died, among his papers his son
found patent which had been issued
in 1929 to his grandfather, William A.
Burt, for a typewriter. | have seen
letters written on this machine in 1929
and 1880, and the work was as perfect
as any printed matter you see now.
Among these were letters written by
Burt, then residing in New York, to his
wife, in Oakland county, this State,and
to other parties in Massachusetts,. Mr..
Burt then closed contract with some
parties in Massachusetts to manufacture
the machine and put it on the market.
They worked at it about eight years,
but without success, and then abandon
ed the scheme. The manufacturers al
SO called upon Mr.. Burt to refund $75
which had been advanced to him upon
his royalties. The reason given for
abandoning the manufacture of the
machine was that the number of letters
written was small, postage being SO
very high. Then the mechanism of the
machine was considered SO complicat-
ed that no man could hope to keep one
in order without an engineer always
with him.
There is no record of this patent in
the patent office, as the records were
burned in 1887 and no effort was ever
made by the government to reproduce
them. The patent granted to Burt for
the typewriter was signed by Andrew
jackson as President, Martin Van Bur-
en- rs Secretary of State. and Col Ber-
rien as Acknowledgement. 1t was writ
ten on parchment.
William A. Burt also invented the
solar compass, without which it would
have been impossible for the govern
ment to survey the mineral lands Of the
country. At the time of the invention
Mr. Burt was engaged rs surveyor, and,
finding that magnetic influences inter-
fered with his work, he got up the sol
ar compass. To perfect this invention
he abandoned the typewriter. Though
the government has used the compass
ever since. Mr. Burt never received a
dollar for it. An attempt was made by
his heirs TO secure an appropriation
from Congress. bnt nothing came Of it. /"
Detroit Tribune.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-04-01

1t was pleasant fancy of writer
in the CoysahiH Magazine, to argue for
the plausibility of the fairy-story of the
princess from whose pretty lips 'fell
diamonds, both in speaking and in
singing, and even in silence" when
she merely smiled For. consider.
he says, '.into what does the diamond
blaze, when, on combustion, the spirit
of the gem leaps upward home again
to its parent, the sun; into what but
carbonic-acid gas?-that carbon dioride
of the chemist which attends the COM
bustion of every fire and gas-burner,
the decomposition of every vegetable,
which is exhaled in every breath we
breathe?" The same writer also ut
ters the less pleasing but equally strik-
ing thought that 1.-THE chimney-sweep
is covered by that which, under hap
pier auspices, would be jewels. y
The diamond is mentioned very an
ciently in literature. Jupiter, accord
ing to classical mythology, was anxious
to make men forget the days he had
spent among them, and finding that
one man-Diamond of Crete-remem-
bered him, turned him into stone;
not very credible story of the origin
of the gem, but men of science in the
nineteenth century are not much near
er to knowing the truth on the subject.
The Greeks call the stone ddamasi the
indomitable or unchangeable; and
from this has come our word dddmda-
tine and. after the letters have under
gone changes of kind that are not
rare in the growth of language, our
name of the stone itself But, long be-
fore the Greeks had emerged from the
darkness of the mythic age, the dia-
mond was made, among the Hebrews,
the peculiar jewel of the tribe of Zebu-
lon; and Aaron's breastplate, when he
was dressed in his priestly robes, was
adorned in the second of the four rows
of its setting with precious stones
with an emerald, sapphire, and
diamond; and Jeremiah, when the
Greeks were just beginning to be
known, rebuking the misgoings of his
people, said, The sin of Judah is
written with pen of iron, and with
the point of diamond. !"
But, although the ancients consider
ed the diamond indestructible, and
We're capable of trying the most dar-
ing experiments with it, no specimen
that is known to have belonged to
them has come down to us. Some
persons suppose that the Koh-i-nor is
five thousand years old. as mans pos
session. but no one knows or can trace
its history back with certainty for
more than a few centuries. Popular
Science Monthly.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-04-01
Meant no onensc.

Mrs. Rive-King. the pianist, gave
concert in St. Paul the other day. Aft
er it was over very wcll-known lady
of that city, who had fingered in the
hall, met on the stairway u lady whose
muiiled face she thought she had seen
before, but whose name she couldn't
recall. Isn't Mime. King Il lovely
player?" said she. Yes. think she
IS, was the reply. ''Brt isn't she
homclyP" continued the St. Paul lady.
81 don't think / ever saw a homelicr
person. ''Yes. | quite agree with
you, was the quiet answer. Haven't
met you before?" inquired madam.
"Your face seems very familiar. May
[ ask your nane?' Julia Rive King
said the pianist Il know that | am
homely, and | also know that you
meant no offense. Ii you admire my
playing you may say what you please
about my face
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-04-01

The victims of these receptions are
certainly to be pitied profoundly
enough. A young girl who is not yet
'out'' ensconced herself behind some
curtains at the back of Miss Fortescue
at reception given the actress in New
York recently, and counted seventy
one times that in one form or another
a guest said Il am so happy to meet
personally one to whom owe SO much
pleasure;' always to be answered:
Thanks! so kindr' The counting was
stopped, not by change in the dia-
logue, but the removal of the young
lady. This reminds one of the remark
of Nine. Duvant-Greyille, who after
one of the receptions given her here,
said that four hundred people came up
to her in turn to say: Il am so glad
to meet you;" and that just as the last
arrived the first was ready TO take leave
by saying II am so glad to have met
you, so that eight hundred times she
heard the two phrases. Few things
can be moro fiat, stale, and unpr0fit-
able than this sort Of meeting people,
but it is a recognized part of the su-
cial routine. 1t must, however, con-
sumo good deal of energy, and there
is a grain Of truth in the cynical obser-
walton of a club man who, last winter,
excused himself for not attending re-
ception By declaring that By tho time
a celebrity was 90 far along as to be
willing to be formally '.net, he was
so far toward the exhaustion Of his
powers as to have ceased to be worth
meeting.--Arlo Bates, IN Providence
journal.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-04-01

UST OUT-And for sale cheap a nice
y seat WAGUN, at Il. Il. STEV E4No, Shop
Prince George street. mIs-Iw
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-04-01

~ Office To OYSTERMEN.-I have now
on hand an excellent quality of long
LUMBER Ior oyster naKe handIes. Also tor
s;Ale ole L--IooL RUW BOAT at SI2.OU-rght
new. Apply 10 a. L. ERLAND UN. ND.
Steamboat wharf, foot OF Prince George ST.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-04-01
Sixth Annual BalI.

THE State Capital Lodge No %, |. o. NJ, will
a give their sixth Annual BAH on
Easter Monday Night April IIth, 1887,
at tho Assembly Rooms for the benft or the
Order of 4hAechanies.
The Committee pledge themselves to make
TINS one on the must peasant aud enjoyable
BaAAs given this Season, anu hope they VIII De
lUera.Ay parronlzed uy Their IrIeuuS and the
public supper Will be served Dy the German
Ladies. CUnimitee OF arrangements are Jonn
L. Bead, chairman, nugh PuryIs. David Car
roli. iienry james, B. Il. MltchelI, 1hos Shcr-
lock. Geo. arkInSon. 4IckrL. 50 Gents. ad-
mIttlng gentleman and ladies. 52S
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-04-01

1. OR SALE.-A fast sailing CAT BOAT-22
4 feet iong-ln nrsG CLASS order-wIll De sold
cheap. Apply at TINS once, al
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-04-01
He is the Man w Wan

lie viii give you saIisfac iong He make
O0od NOrk, anu Will please Sou. He make
q nrst-class set OF single harness for $1,000
ana double set tor &Zo.UO
tHand-Made.
repairing promptly astenaed to at reasonable
prices aiIu satisfaction guaranteed.
J. >. MCCANN,
nay-N-tH - Marland Ave
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-04-01

y OW is the Time to bye Cheap,-Men's
y heavy B 10 rs $l.75 up; Mems fine SHO. s
$l'Zo up; Ladies button $40 up; Lalies lace
20 cts, up, LADIES f1ue kid button 500. Wo-
men niIe sIppers just III; very cneap, Gail
early at kILM-ANS, i0 aIarhc. space 323
A RE i0U INSURED AGAINST FIRE |?
"A Ifnot call at onceon CaAs, A. ZlMMERMAN,
agent Tor the 'COnIInentaI, "Gernan, and
Gernania Insurance Companies, and take
out poIlcy. satisfactory terms TO all insur-
efS' special Inducements TO large insurers.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-04-01

NJ WANTED TO Buy, for cash, some establish
w ed BUSIN Eco, OF SI,vUJ TO SzUOU. Ad-
dress, m LAPATAL Office, with particulars
anu cOnfldentIaIIy. = IsIr
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-04-01
ANNAPOLIS Md FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL /, 1887.
SPECIAL NOTICE.

We VIII insert In this column advertiap
meats of Wants, For Rent, For Sale, Lost.
Found, &c. not exceeding four lines. ONE
WEEK. or less. for 90 Cents.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-04-01

Fanny Davenport i engaged in writ
ing the life of her father. +. L. DaSen-
port.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-12-08
MODELLING IN WAX,
How, Little by Little, the Arts Are Creep
ing Into Shop and Home.

now, LittIe ny Lfttle, the Arts Are Creep
ing Into Shop and Home.
One of the most interesting of the So
called ''pastimes'' which have of late
been introduced into the home circle
under the name of art, is modelling in
wax. 1t is not only interesting and
amusing; it is instructive. A pound of
wax will keep large family busy for
the whole evening, and aside from the
often curious results of the two or
three hours work, there has been
gained an idea of anatomy which the
workers were quite unaware of. It is
easier to model head, such as it is, in
wax, than to make drawing. The
light and shade is made with every
pressure, and there is nothing fiat, so
that it is more prolific medium than
charcoal and paper. At first the
amateur produces rather archaic OBJ
ject, but during the evening, after he
has had a little facility added to his
hand, he will discover that he has been
more Of an observer than he was con.
scious Of. He will also glance up
from his work and look at some men,
Der of the family to locate the ear, or
eye, or chin, aud so by degrees he con.
structs really good head, and in a
weeks time is able to obtain a likeness
of some member of the family. So, lit
tie by little, the arts are creeping into
the shop and home. It's by this medium
We shall be able to add more interest
to the higher and more complete arts,
and the observer who has handled the
wax at home will be better able to pass
Judgment on piece of sculpture than
he was before his ''pastime" trials at
modelling. American Art
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-12-08
Bees and Fruit.

The editor of the Southern, Planter
relates the following experience with a
vineyard which he had planted with
great care some years previously:
Our vineyard commenced bearing
well the third year, and was in fine
thrift the fourth year, when it had q
serious setback by the destruction of
the grapes, as they ripened, by bees,
as we supposed. There were few
hives about one hundred yards of,
and it appeared that every bee in them
was puncturing and sucking the juice
OF the fruit. 1t was hastily deter
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-12-08

mined that the bees must I,
for the protection Of the W.
accordingly loads Of -drs ~
were brought and dup,nsaa w
h'ves' After night, when !
were resting quietly, the 4.
gently taken from the stand IS
gether, the straw piled ovs, 4,
the torch applied, SO g., v
hour all were consumed. M.
to be a cruel act but justi6sp''
the principle of CO ,,ecess,.a,s g., \ I
Our surprise was great !,
next day-a bright and ele.,
a Doe was to be seen, but ths
ton went on, and it becsms !,
that innocent lives had been n.
and the real depredators ,,,,'
The form Of yellow-iaekeI.
were active and voracious n
and did. In plain view. y.
bunch TO bunch. and with ill.,.
proboscides puncture AMI
juice until surfeited. when n. J,
fly Off in a sluggish mauus,
of the common gray wasps ~
low and lap up the exadea i
and it became clear that tbe n
bees had only been doinc 4,
thing. The whey ard was 4.
OF an unsupported enemy, and /
a serious question how M II
could be checked. Known,
thing of the habits Of N
sect in respect to burrovi,,|
the ground for their ps,s|
called up an intelligent and M
negro man and put him on TN !
Following out the idea SUCCESS
recent reading of Cooper Oil
ings, in which was described n
bee-hunters use for finding n
this man was enabled to trace /,
low-jackets, by the direction h
fight, to their nests, several d
were found within a few /.
yards. The destruction Of d
sects was accomplished sea
after the plan pursued with Il
After nightfall a large armfdI
straw was deposited over the d.
then by a violent knocking
ground the yellow-j jackets woaI
up from their burrow. and vii
tangled in the straw the torea !
piled and the whole colony bul
After this our vineyard renal
disturbed foryears. Farm On
side.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-12-08
The Religion Worth HaAas

Your religion is not of muta
unless it applies to every lhls,
you do; unless it exacts iniegI
every turn. If it does this; III
before you on every occasioa
there is a possibility Of going
the way of truth and dutT.
straining you to walk therein
steadfastly refuses to be Jeff
church. and insists on follows
home. to your office. into ever
and corner of your life, holding
spotless ideal of humanity
this you may be sure: You have
or have been found by the true
gel. M Y. Examiner.
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HERE AND THERE.

We are told that shipping
buds and Cape jessamine grown
open air from Crystal Springs
to Northern cities has paid Vi
year.
The Charleston Neios and
urges that the South should
facture every pound Of cotton
ON its fields, and thus derive tR /
profit from its principal asrlN]
produ ct.
-Louisiana's Agricultural
fund goes to maintain u pfsis!
university" The New
Picayune of September 20, staia|
the attendance of students 1t 2
stitution has decreased frua|
in 1888 to 6S last session.
The best time to pillow
clover sod is in the fall, and =
ten bushels Of lime per acre sha
broadcasted over it after plowlHl|
fall blowing the sod is mers
decomposed and becomes plal'|
while the cutwormS Will be dr|
by the fros'.
Pin worms in flower pots
gotten rid of by watering WI
water. if the plants are OF q sln)
jured by it. The worms dlsllsl
eo-water and strong soapsus|
these are not effectual. droHs
ont by immersing the whole NJ
tub of soap-suds, letting = !
there forty-eight hours. - ~
in American Garden.
Tho West Tennessee Hortlss
Society will hold their Skin
meeting at the court-hous ID 8 4
December 8, 9 and 10, 1881 =
speakers from different seclion'
country have been inyitei % 7
ent and address the society o.
cultural and kindred topics.
Under an act of the last Y
ture of Tennessee it is made "
of the county superintendent o :
to set aside a dayto be known Y
Dor Day." when all the chiidrs'
under the direction Of Their "
set out trees and generally "
the school grounds
AT a meeting of the farInsa
livestock men of Marshall y
Tonn., at Lewisburg recently
determined TO hold q fair nsI
Committees were appointed y.
steps taken looking to pernaass
ganization the first Monday ~ y
Der. No county could better W
first-class fair than Marshall
American apricot peach
name given by the Gardener
fg to a new peach with 81
flavor and surprisingly srllsi
represented as no larger thas A., =
o plum. 1t is a chance seodl =
mating with H. P. Walker =
vile, S. c., described as Of
apricot color, rich red shading
he sun. The stone is free =
flesh sweet: siz3 medium
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RIGHT intention is to the actions of a man
what the soul is to the body or the root to
the tree-ssrsmg lag!er
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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-06-21
STATE PICK UPS

A system % water. works i % BE- started
In TaomAston about The trsi % JAY.
Moant Desert sumner resorts arc eK.
pecting larger uam1er % sanner visi'
tors than ever before.
TIE York coan,y Patrons MaiaL fire
Insurance Company has cancelled 10 poll
cies AMI gOuv cat OF Business
TIE slIiy.frsi asssA neeiias o. tie
MAlne Congregational Conference Was
held a. Augusta lAsi week
There are eve ladies' 10 The graiaaiing
class AZ Bate. ani four % them have been
assigned commencement parts
whle ergAgei 10 house oisrulug" Mrs
W. n uant. % Liberty, acciienty hlrni
. package 81 her husoAri's papsfs, con-
.istlrg % notes. bills. etc. worth ~ 900.
They were OF such naiure that ihel'
destruction vii be . loss b Mr. Huni very
nearly ,qah % The face OF he papers.
A, midnight Saturday. liih. Pasn.K
Row, thrce story block % stores In Bel.
fast. Wa usariy destroyed ~ nfs. Loss
about 90 90 Daring The ere great En-
element was csase,i by The discharge OF Z
pistol BY John W. Mitchell, mAster % TIE
grammar school AMI motel Maine laS
prosecutor. The shot was directed A.
Thomas Hangh. whose saloon Sas burned,
snd lodged In bis arm. Mitchell defend.
81 q man against savage attack oY
Haugh. ani vAs set upoa - crowd of
roughs. lie fred Tie shot 10 sslf-defsnce.
lie Was boani over % The October tern
OF court.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-06-21
nAsH RAIL-.

FROM TIE CAnton Telephone.
Tac Canton Reserves got revenge on
The Summers saturday 81 Canton, for the
defeat they sustained several weeks ago,
Beating them 20 The tune OF Is 10 ~ IL
Vas somewhat % surprise In The sun.
nsrs. Bat not % the nome team, for they
considered themselves capable OF playing
gOOi ball "whsu the oeeasioa requires. -"
The Cartons are getting into shape and
will opsn the season AZ Bucineld, ssiur'
day. June 18th. by this game IL Is hoped
% get the team into form 10 DO up The
Utforts oa Jane End, when they cross
sticks with them on Canton Driving
PAfk. The Oxiords are one OF the strong
e.t teams In the Coaniy, not having been
defeated this season, and as the Csntons
got away with everything that they met
last season. this will give The base ball
enthusiasts OF E,siern Oxford chance 10
see two ofthe strongest amateur teams In
the State face each other. Supt Lincoln
has Kindly offered 10 run special train
Tor The accommodation OF the players and
those DESTROYS % seeing the game, leaving
Mechanic Falls st rs A. u. on the above
date.
The latest gossip In Base Ball circles IL
the forming OF . League In oxford County
10 comprise the following clubs Oxforts,
Sorwsys. Paris club. Beihels, Baekhelis,
aud csnt0rs. CRANK.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-06-21

Oaly .svsn inning, we're played. The
Pan, Club ba,ied heavily sad DID some
good ba.e.ruaains They are nov o..
s.nirsd And would like 10 play sIshsnse
games With al elabs ia the Couniy.
Mr. o. A. Briggs Anl her mother
have gone 10 Old Orchard.
We GOV have mail 20 Portland IN
the afternoon.
those OLA Fellows who visited Norway
speak Ia high terms q the work Of Nor
way. lnd return thanks for their ho.pi-
tally.
Fraii-,r,e ,sea,. are many and anI-
ious 20 sell
Uly..s. q. wheeler. Of this place. has
been assigned par, At the commence
meat exercises AZ Bates. His sabjee,
~ill be natural sciences. Mr.. Wheeler
will graduate. And | understand will
teach Cor isw years. His example Of
obtaining a. education Is worthy Of en-
ulaiion BY more Of our yoang msn.
Df. J. Z. Elliott. q hi. place. !, said
20 have moved 10 Bosion.
Oae hundred And ,hif,y-ssven mem.
bsfs oi South Pan, Lodge Of Good
Tsmplai. attended the Oxford District
Lodge a, Nor~ay.
IL l. eseosr.giss TO the welfare Of 90
cis,y 20 notice that the rum ,rsih: Of
Maine j, getting 10 Be q ba'ins'' ,h,, a
few oaly wish 10 engage in.
J.. q. Ioung. IT.. B0s,oa, With bis
frierd. Craig ChAddiek. are =, the An.
drew. House. They are buying few
Of our bes, horses
u. y. True il 20 have = vacation. He
has rsn,sd bis a,aring mills 10 j. w
Paisoas. Of Auburn.
FrAak White. our popular Telegraph
operator. vii take his family TO Toron'o
Coz few weeks
Y. B. Maxim. who has been away Zoe
Aboa, 81 months. has been AZ home. Tie
Is salesman Coz one Of the bes, wholesale
houses in Bo.,on.
he sure aud read the Advertisement, Of
Deering Mover
The Andrews House i. dOanins , Pew
coat Of paint.
Paris Grange has The best attendance
OF any orgsuiEstion here. Chase as
Master and Curtis A. Mercantile Agent
are without dolb; the right men for
their position. The Grange recognize
their ability and exercise good Judgment
In retaining them In their present places.
There Was q large attendance 81 the
unlOn Temperance meeting Sunday evening.
The Congregational Church vestry being
packet full Mrs. II. NJ. c. Esiss, OF
wsierville. who IL engaged Ia the temper
snce work In oar C0anty. WAS presen, snd
made good talk on the cause OF temper
Ance. She Il q hne speaker and thorough
" interested In the work. Also excellent
remarks were made by Rev. Mr.. Holmes,
OF The Methodist Church. and Rev. MI.
BnrOws. % The Baptist Church. The
meeting was under the control OF South
Paris Lodge Of T. and Was Zoe sac
cess.